[asterisk-users] Can someone give a plain english explanation of the HASH function?

[Alex Balashov]

On Sat, September 13, 2008 10:08 pm, Tilghman Lesher wrote:

> Basically, it's a way to retrieve multiple values from a database without
> using ARRAY() to enumerate each field, but also without polluting the
> variable namespace, which could cause unexpected behavior, such as when
> somebody adds a field to a database table whose name happens to coincide
> with an existing variable.

Or when the domain of keys you want to use for suitable or desirable
variable names does not make.  :)

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